# Accident 20130725014689A: David W Oakes RV-7A, Greenfield, IN, July 25, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2013, 10:35 local time
- Place: Greenfield, IN
- Airport: Oakes
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7875° N, 85.6369° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7875&lon=-85.6369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1243A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1243A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: David W Oakes RV-7A (registry code 056314L, https://openairdocs.org/model/david-w-oakes-rv-7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1A (registry code 41818, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DAVID W OAKES RV-7A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 925 total, 37 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA434](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA434) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130725014689A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON JULY 25, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:35 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A 2012 RV-7A ?DAVID OAKES? EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, N1243A, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH TERRAIN WHILE ON APPROACH TO THE OAKES AIRPORT (66IN) LOCATED NEAR GREENFIELD, INDIANA.

THE PRIVATE PILOT OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED AND THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD.  THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO THE PILOT AND WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED OR REQUIRED.

THE PILOT STATED THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD ATTEMPTED A LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT HIS PRIVATELY OWNED AIRPORT.  RUNWAY 36 IS A GRASS RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET LONG AND 50 FEET WIDE WITH A BEAN FIELD JUST SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY.  A SLIGHT, UPHILL INCLINE OF THE TERRAIN BEGINS AT THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.

TIRE INDENTATIONS SHOWED THE POINT OF TOUCHDOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN SIX FEET FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE RUNWAY.  THE NOSE GEAR DUG INTO THE SOD CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER ONTO ITS TOP.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END.

THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOW AND SLOW AND THAT HE ?STALLED IT? PRIOR TO TOUCHING DOWN.  ONCE ON THE GROUND, HE COULD NOT STOP THE PLANE FROM "FLIPPING OVER".

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN13CA434](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA434), Jul 25, 2013: David W Oakes RV-7A (N1243A), Charlottesville, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper landing attitude which damaged the nosewheel and a resulted in a hard landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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